Comments on: Just an idea…

By: Mark Wilder

Mark Wilder — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:29:30 +0000

Just thought I'd share: http://www.alpinecurling.com/coolcurling.html It looks awesome, and I REALLY want a table, but I'm sure it's very expensive.

By: Joe Steadman

Joe Steadman — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:36:25 +0000

You ever try curling with frozen fish you got while ice-fishing?

By: VV

VV — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:31:27 +0000

Then there’s of course those ski-jumper toys that I remember from the good-old-days(TM). Metallic skiis and lighter plastic man on top.
Tiimari had an ad of those just a couple of days ago. So you’d only need some snow to make nice little hill.
And maybe some rules of legal boosts to aerodynamics and ‘the gadget’ to make accurate measurements (maybe laser, video, pressure or all of them) and…
There were also those sleds with 3-5 men and some weight inside. Those were a lot of fun also.

By: Mikko Saari

Mikko Saari — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:36:02 +0000

Ok, ski-jumping might be second most popular, too. A poll on Finland for Thought blog said curling is second, but I suppose it depends on who you ask.
Ski-jumping is very popular, but the current team isn’t doing very well. In the other hand, ice-hockey team is doing great as is the curling team, so… Cross-country skiing used to be big, but after the doping disaster in Lahti few years ago it has been very weak.
There’s at least one ski-jumping game (Phil of Finland for Thought bought it two years ago from Essen), but I don’t know if it’s any good. I doubt it.

By: Naturelich

Naturelich — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:54:42 +0000

I didn’t know curling is the 2nd-most popular sport in Finnish winter olympics. I had assumed ski-jumping to be very popular, too. It’s really good to get to know more about Finland this way
BTW, is anyone aware of a boardgame about ski-junping?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:45:31 +0000

I think some shuffleboard tables have curling options. http://www.shuffleboard.co.uk/products/boards.asp